A.J. Green in no rush to address contract

Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has three years left on his contract and spent part of Monday talking about his desire for a new deal.

Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green is a lot closer to the expiration of his contract, but he’s not feeling any such pressure to get things rolling. Green will be in the final year of his rookie contract in 2014 with the Bengals holding an option for the 2015 season and while he would like to see a new deal done before the end of next year, he said Monday that it isn’t a matter of immediate urgency.

“Anybody would like to have it done,” Green said, via ESPN.com. “I’m not in any financial debt, so no rush.”

Green was confident that “my body of work speaks for itself” and he’s got good reason to be. Green has 260 catches for 3,833 yards and 29 touchdowns in his first three seasons and set career highs for catches and yards in 2013. He’s done that despite a constant search for a reliable No. 2 receiver across from him in Cincinnati and inconsistent performances from Andy Dalton, which should make keeping him around for a long time a priority for the Bengals in the coming months.

He’s also probably wanting to see some improvement at QB before he commits here long term. If Andy is typical Andy next year, consider him gone. He’ll have his agent on the horn trying to get him to a team with a QB. I do believe Belichick would give up many parts of his anatomy to have a Brady/A.J. duo on the field. As would the Packers, Seahawks, etc. I don’t blame A.J. a bit. Who wants to be stuck here in Cincy if the owner doesn’t show that he wants to get further than the first round of the playoffs?

The team should be in a rush to extend him if he keeps talking like this. What, you don’t want more money? Well now we want to give it to you. Please let us give you more now? We can’t afford to wait to pay you!

z06vision – AJ is a superstar already. And also, AJ himself added to the loss when he dropped a deep pass in the 4th quarter. A lot of people seem to love trashing Dalton…. It’s like he’s the new Matt Ryan.

I agree……..in fact I believe he would look good with lightning bolt on the side of his helmet. Was 76 and sunny here today AJ.

mikebrownfeedsondreams says:Jan 7, 2014 5:23 AM

From Geoff Hobson:

“Dalton has more regular-season wins (30-26) than Manning, the same number of postseason wins, and trails by only five (85-80) in TD passes after their first three seasons. Only Dalton, Manning and Dan Marino (98) have thrown at least 80 TDs in their first three seasons. “